Beloretsk
| Beloretsk (English) Белорецк (Russian) Белорет (Bashkir) |
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| Administrative status (as of March 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Bashkortostan |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of republic significance of Beloretsk |
| Administrative center of | Beloretsky District, town of republic significance of Beloretsk |
| Municipal status (as of February 2012) | |
| Municipal district | Beloretsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Beloretsk Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Beloretsky Municipal District, Beloretsk Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 68,806 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | 1762 |
| Town status since | 1923 |
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Beloretsk (Russian: Белоре́цк; Bashkir: Белорет, Beloret) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, 245 kilometers (152 mi) from Ufa. Population: 68,806 (2010 Census);71,093 (2002 Census);72,434 (1989 Census).
Town-factories were a peculiar phenomenon in the town-planning in Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Beloretsk Iron Factory was built in 1762-1767 by merchants I. B. Tverdyshev and I. S. Myasnikov, who bought 170,041 desiatinas of land from Bashkirs of Belokatayskaya Volost. Builders and first workers of the factory were purchased serfs from Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Ryazan Governorates. Beloretsk itself was founded as a factory settlement in 1762.
A Bulletin of 1776 says that the Beloretsk Iron Factory was built in 1762 and had two blast furnaces and fourteen sledge-hammers. However, the first fusion of cast iron was recorded as being done in 1767. In 1777, the factory produced more iron than any other factory in Russia. Productive capacity of the factory was 122,500 poods (~2,000 metric tons) of cast iron and 80,000 poods (~1,300 metric tons) of iron per year. There were 840 male workers at the factory.
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